Mayor Shelley Berkley Breaks Ground on 70-Acre 'The Foundry' Downtown Neighborhood as Las Vegas and Clark County Renegotiate Service Pact

Groundbreaking Commences on Transformative 70-Acre 'The Foundry' Master Community

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Ushering in an ambitious new era of urban residential revitalization, Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley, joined by Ward 5 Councilwoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong and executive leaders from Lennar, officially broke ground in mid-October 2026 on The Foundry. Spanning 70 contiguous acres across the historic former Cashman Center footprint and the Grant Sawyer Building site north of downtown, the public-private redevelopment delivers over 1,000 attainable townhomes and single-family residences to the historic urban core.

Designed to address Southern Nevada’s pressing workforce housing needs, The Foundry integrates pedestrian greenbelts, neighborhood parks, multi-use civic centers, and commercial retail frontage connecting directly to the Las Vegas Boulevard transit corridor. Mayor Berkley emphasized that re-activating the long-dormant civic parcel creates homeownership opportunities for working-class Nevadans while bridging historic West Las Vegas with the booming downtown entertainment and arts districts.

City of Las Vegas and Clark County Open High-Stakes Interlocal Service Negotiations

Inside City Hall and the Clark County Government Center, municipal and county officials initiated critical renegotiations over an expiring multi-decade interlocal service agreement that governs municipal tax distribution and infrastructural service delivery across the rapidly expanding Northwest Valley. City council members voiced concerns that historic cost-sharing terms have disproportionately burdened city emergency response and road maintenance agencies as suburban density spills over municipal boundaries.

County commissioners and municipal planners established joint technical working groups to draft an equitable, modernized cost-sharing compact ahead of the statutory December deadline, ensuring seamless police, fire, and public works coverage for hundreds of thousands of residential homeowners.

Enhanced Safety Coordination Deployed Across Arts District Cultural Corridors

Addressing community safety and cultural commerce, Mayor Berkley met with local gallery curators, small business proprietors, and commanders from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) to formalize updated security protocols for cultural gatherings in the Downtown Arts District. The collaborative blueprint introduces enhanced foot patrols, mobile command monitoring, and organized pedestrian wayfinding during peak cultural events.

Civic and commercial leaders commended the administration’s unified focus on workforce housing delivery, intergovernmental fiscal equity, and public safety coordination, affirming that strategic urban investment safeguards the vitality of Las Vegas.